Affordablehousing.com  Arvostelua 761

Do not trust the listings on this site. I just recently had a very traumatic experience. I was told that a review and paperwork to establish a new listing is required. Well in my experience I trusted a listing which turned out to be a nightmare! The listed landlord was not the owner or landlord of the property! The listing should not have been allowed due to the fact that it is not available!! Long story short I’m out of 1200 dollars for a security deposit. I reached out to the customer service and was treated with no compassion with the 1st representative, but Mo the supervisor was very helpful. All I can say is we need to do better with our business to do the full job of investigating the potential renters! In conclusion I’m very sad and disappointed, on the other hand I believe something better is coming! Sincerely, SaRae,,, Connecticut

I had the worse experience with affordablehousing. Im a homeowner and I was trying to post my rental for the very first time on their website. My account was pending for a couple of days so I finally called to see why and they told me my account is on hold due to verifying information. When I asked what exactly they needed and they requested my deed to my house. I told them that no where on their website to sign up requirements to send the deed and I dont feel comfortable sending my deed. I tried talking to someone else through chat and they told me not to send my deed and to call again and just talk to someone else but when I did they told me the same about sending my deed. I have had a couple of family members that use affordablehousing to post their rentals and they never were ask to send their deed.

Fasinada lo super recomiendo

Me encanta la organización que tiene muy completa

Review: Discrimination Disguised as “Screening” — My Experience With Yuchen Qi & Gersie Schweizer (AffordableHousing.com)

I am exhausted and fed up with what landlords and realtors on “affordable housing” platforms pretend to be: open, inclusive, and fair. They respond quickly, act eager to schedule tours, and seem ready to help — until they find out who you are.

I contacted Yuchen Qi on AffordableHousing.com regarding a house for rent. He immediately offered me a tour. Everything was moving smoothly. I disclosed nothing personal — not my race, not my disability, and certainly not my decades-old past.

Then, without warning, the enthusiasm died and I received this canned, dismissive response:

“We’ll contact you if we decide you’re a good fit.”

No explanation.
No professionalism.
Just a sudden door slammed shut.

Then — as if playing games — he contacted me again, asking if I still wanted a tour. I said yes. Suddenly his tone changed yet again:

“I need to check with the landlord first.”

At that point, it was obvious:
The moment he googled my name, something changed.

And Gersie Schweizer, another landlord on the same platform, did the exact same thing. Initial interest turned into the identical dismissive line:

“If you’re a good fit, we’ll contact you.”

The odds of two separate landlords suddenly changing their tune after initial enthusiasm — with no new information from me — is not coincidence.
It’s a pattern.

And let’s be very clear:
These aren’t rundown rentals in neglected areas.
These are houses in highly desirable neighborhoods with A-rated schools.

Based on the abrupt silence after what was clearly an online search of my name, the message felt loud and unmistakable:

“We don’t want someone like you in this neighborhood.”

Here are the facts — my actual, documented history:

✅ Current rental: 2014–present
✅ Previous rental: 2009–2014
✅ Returned full $1,000 deposit because I left the house spotless
✅ Always pay rent on time
✅ Clean, quiet, respectful, non-smoker, no pets
✅ Two well-mannered, high-achieving children (honor roll since 1st grade)
✅ 34 years of stable, responsible tenancy

Yet none of that mattered.

Instead of being judged on:
• my rental history
• my reliability
• my proven responsibility

I was judged on:

❌ something someone dug up on Google from 30+ years ago
❌ the color of my skin
❌ my disability

In my opinion, this wasn’t “screening.”
It was discrimination hiding behind vague excuses.

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based on race and disability, and multiple jurisdictions are limiting the use of old criminal history because it has zero relevance to who a person is today.

Housing should be based on qualifications, not stereotypes.

I am a responsible tenant.
I provide stability for my family.
I care for every house as if it were my own.

And the most telling part?

I still have not heard anything back from
Yuchen Qi or Gersie Schweizer.

Silence speaks volumes.

I keep getting phone calls from affordable housing and as soon as you question anything they disconnect the call that tells me that they’re scamming yet the Housing Authority has affordable housing listed on the website. But to get hung up on, that’s never a good thing and it’s bad customer service. It’s bad everything and affordable housing isn’t supposed to be a membership where you have to pay for it or the housing Authority would not have it on there so chalk it up to them being a scam why would you pay $79 a month when you can get the list from the Housing Authority for nothing? THEY CALL DAILY AT TIMES but they always hang up on you just for a question that’s a red flag the biggest one of all!!

I don't understand anything about this website all it does is allow you to push on pop on questions and try to get a couple answers as to like why should I be on section 8? And my eligible for section 8? There is no such thing as searching for apartments on their website and there is no such thing as contacting anyone for any kind of help I don't understand what kind of a website this is but it is misrepresented from the minute you click on it to the minute you go on and the moment you get off. I've never seen such misrepresentation but it seems like social media as I'm non-social as it really is is so delusional anymore it's just ridiculous to find anyone who knows what they're doing you find anyone who cares everybody's invisible everything you click on lead you to blank walls I mean what could be worse it's like going blind and walking down the street with your hands out eventually you're going to be doomed if it's just as frustrating to.. we all know that the biggest problem right now is that a lot of places especially through Drexel Hill Clifton heights Springfield havertown Delaware county the lot of landlords are rejecting to rent to anybody with a housing choice voucher. And we know the reason for that. Instead of it being for elderly people as it was when it was very first started and people like older veterans they have stuck on as many addicts drug addicts alcoholics and mentally ill people that no one wants to rent to they're tired their properties being destroyed their apartments being lived in by people who fill it up with trash and become hoarders there has to be a change in the system people who have emotional problems and who have these disabilities need to be in mental hospitals or facilities they need to open them back up and anyone who's an addict or of any kind needs to be placed in a halfway house or someplace where they can be monitored and watched. You cannot have people running around the streets anymore living in normal apartment buildings in areas causing problems for other people just because they have an emotional problem.

this sight is glitch all the time when ever i signed with them. when i asked them to cancel it and refund they told me that it is canceled but they never refund my money till now from Dec.2025 they sent me message that open up link to get money back but they blocked me from phone and the sight i could not open .after they red the review some one called me from the office that to get connected i have to pay $100.00 . and they refund the other payment already. even she read the note from the computer i gave $100.00 payment on discover card to open up so i could talk to them but it was cheatr again. i will suggest you guys please save your self advertise your home on Facebook market place. you will defiantly get tenant. and the next door is good too. and it is free too

I had the pleasure off working with Kemar Small and he was excellent. He explained the process with knowledge and confidence. He was very personable, friendly, and very respectful and patient with questions and concerns that I had. I so enjoyed working with them that I kept calling him back and asking for his knowledge and concerns arises. God bless him!!

Kemar Small was friendly and knowledgeable. He walked me through the verification process and explained the website and services. Thank you.

Kemar was very helpful and made sure that he handled my issue

Kemar was great to work with! He was quick and knowledgeable.

Great customer service!!! 👍👍👍 Kemar was great

I had a great experience with Kemar. He was very knowledgeable and helpful

Appreciate you being the middle

Site easy to navigate. phone support was helpful

Rick Tefel was very helpful and demonstrated excellent Customer Service in resolving my New Account Set Up and listing information. He took the time to ensure that every detail was adequately addressed and taken care of.

Thanks so much Rick!

- Chris

Great customer service by representative William Bray. He handled my concern professionally and followed back up with me a few hours later. I will definitely continue using them for my rental properties.

I had an educational experience. Kemar Small was very knowledgeable and helpful in explaining the benefits of utilizing the Affordable Housing premium option to boost my search for qualified Section 8 tenants. He also explained all the additional benefits offered by Affordable Housing. We had a great conversation!
Thanks!

Owner: Adrian Shanklin